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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1941
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Don't let me be misunderstood
- Psychedelic World of Eric Burdon
- I used to be an Animal but I'm all right now
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Film & TV
Acting · Newcastle, England, UK
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter, rocker and actor. He was the vocalist of The Animals and the funk band War.
Known for
- The Stones and Brian Jones — Self - The Animals2024
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties — Self2024
- Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal — Self2019
- Melody Makers2019
- Up to Snuff — Self2018
- Calling All Earthlings2018
- Back Beat — Himself2016
- The Amazing Nina Simone — Self2015
- B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 — Self2015
- Born In Chicago — Self2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1941
Discography
- Guilty!1971
- Mad Man1971
- Starportrait1971
- Survivor1977
- Darkness - Darkness1980
- Power Company1983
- Greatest Hits1985
- Greatest Hits1986
- Greatest Animal Hits1987
- Eric Burdon Sings the Animals Greatest Hits1988
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 239,120
- Total plays
- 1,470,061
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Eric Victor Burdon (May 11, 1941 in Newcastle, England) is a singer. He formed The Animals in 1963, a blues rock group who were one of the early influences of punk rock. They were known for their organ-guitar sound and Burdon's aggressive show performance, screaming, growling and howling. In September 1966 he formed Eric Burdon & The Animals, a psychedelic/progressive/hard rock group, who influenced grunge, heavy metal and the modern alternative rock genre. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eri
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 1
- Cited by
- 0
Research areas
Most cited works
- When I Was Young2013 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,871x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,781x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,745x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,638x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,173x
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Key facts
- Born
- Eric Victor Burdon , ( 1941-05-11 ) 11 May 1941 (age 85) , Walker , Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Genres
- Rock R&B soul funk blues
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 1960–present
- Labels
- SPV Polydor Universal Sony BMG MGM One Way Repertoire Records Avenue Rhino Line Teldec Flying Eye Sanctuary Columbia EMI Decca Readymade Records Lojinx
- Member of
- Eric Burdon & the Animals
- Formerly of
- The Animals War The Party Boys
- Website
- ericburdon .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ericburdon.ning.com
- Image
- Eric Burdon.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Eric Burdon
- date of birth
- 1941-05-11
- birth name
- Eric Victor Burdon
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- social media followers
- 27587
- name in native language
- Eric Burdon
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Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the original lineup of the R&B and rock band the Animals and the funk band War. He is currently the lead vocalist of the present day lineup of Eric Burdon & the Animals. Burdon is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice and is known for his intense stage performances.
In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time".